Caldwell County MO Archives History .....HISTORY OF GOULD FARM POST OFFICE, NEW YORK TOWNSHIP  
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HISTORY OF GOULD FARM POST OFFICE, NEW YORK TOWNSHIP 
	Narrator:  Joe Henkins, Gould Farm

     Gould Farm post office was established 1870 by C.L. Gould a very 
prominent farmer of New York township.  He was a leader of agricultural 
affairs of the time and wrote for papers, a leader too in the Hamilton Baptist 
church.  It was placed at the Gould house, hence the name GOULD FARM.  The 
farmers called there for their mail which was a great convenience to them, 
instead of going to Hamilton or Nettleton.  A few years later, the Henkins 
general store was started at the well-known Henkins Bridge over Shoal and the 
P.O. was moved there as being more convenient.  It stayed there till the P.O. 
was discontinued Nov 30 1905.
     During the 35 years of its life, it had five postmasters; three out of 
the Henkins family.  C.L. Gould, Mr. Sage, A.T. Henkins, C.R. Henkins and Joe 
Henkins, the narrator.  Its passing was due to the coming of rural delivery 
which passed right by many of the homes of the farmers, saving a trip to the 
P.O.  For the same cause, several other small post offices in the county were 
stopped.
     Gould Farm, the place, never attained to the dignity of a village, even 
in the days of the post office.  There was the Henkins' general store, with 
its tiny post office corner.  Across the road from the store was the Gould 
Farm blacksmith, usually under Mr. Gray, which was always a favorite resting 
place or rather lounging place for the men who had ridden a horseback for the 
daily mail, while they were waiting for the carrier.  The mail carrier came on 
horse on the road from the west, on the road from Nettleton.


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